Last month, it was reported that the friendship between them, which dates back over a decade, had “fractured.”
There’s a new update on Taylor Swift and Blake Lively’s friendship amidst Blake’s ongoing legal woes with Justin Baldoni.
In December, Blake sued Justin, her co-star and director on It Ends with Us, claiming he sexually harassed her on set. In addition to denying the claims, Justin launched a countersuit against Blake, alleging defamation, civil extortion, and false light invasion of privacy.
Taylor was roped into the drama in May when Justin’s legal team subpoenaed her, arguing that Blake had used “her megacelebrity friend to pressure [Justin]” into making changes on the film. A rep for Taylor immediately denied their claims. “Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie,” her spokesperson said. “She was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even see It Ends With Us until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history.”
Still, the drama continued when Justin’s lawyers wrote a letter to a judge claiming that Blake had allegedly asked Taylor to delete their text messages and “that if Ms. Swift refused to do so, private text messages of a personal nature in Ms. Lively’s possession would be released.”
Blake’s lawyer called the claims “categorically false,” and the next day, a judge struck the “improper” letter from the record. However, a source claimed that Blake and Taylor’s friendship was still left “fractured” in the wake of it.
“Their friendship has halted,” a source purportedly close to Taylor told People last month.
“Taylor wants no part in this drama,” the source added, before clarifying it didn’t mean they were “not no longer friends” — they were just “taking some space.”
Neither Taylor nor Blake addressed the report at the time, but now, almost a month on, a source has offered an update, telling People their friendship still “isn’t the same.”
“[They] aren’t as close and haven’t been spending as much time together as they did in the past,” the source said. However, they claimed Taylor and Blake are trying to get back “on good terms.”
“Taylor is working to trust Blake again but it’s going to take some time,” the insider added.
I guess we’ll see what happens. In the meantime, BuzzFeed has reached out to reps for Taylor, Blake, and Justin for comment on the latest report.
